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Turnverein Acrobats in Adagio Formation

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Madison Turnverein acrobats/gymnasts posing in an adagio formation, tutored by J.C. Haberman, at Madison Turner Hall, located at 21 South Butler Street.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Madison day by day

Date: 1947-03-04
County: Dane
City: Madison
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Madison West Relays

Date: 04 09 1961
Description: Greg Gard, a Granville track star, won the mile run at the Madison West high school relays.
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Madison woman who came to Wisconsin in 1836 will celebrate eighty-eighth birthday today

Date: 1917-10-23
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Madison day by day

Date: 1930-11-23
County: Dane
City: Madison
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Recalls old Xmas days in Madison

Date: 1920-12-21
County: Dane
City: Madison
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Lawyer's letter casts light on Madison of 1850

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County: Dane
City: Madison
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Miss Christine Swenson was first Swedish baby born in Madison; burial Thursday

Date: 1923-01-24
County: Dane
City: Madison
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Italian Displaced Person in Madison

Date: 12 30 1951
Description: Pietro Palumbo, seated at a table, visits with his sponsor Matt Lombardino about his plans for a "new life" in Madison after arriving here as a displaced p...
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Neils Lassen

Date: 03 05 1952
Description: Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo...
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German-American Wurst Roast

Date: 1913
Description: The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar...
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Madison Turnverein Acrobats

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: Twelve boys and girls, coached by J.C. Haberman, in an acrobatic/gymnastic pose at the Madison Turners Hall, 21 South Butler Street. They performed seven "...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Borahs of Wisconsin Madison

Date: 1935-04-03
County: Dane
City: Madison
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Oath of Citizenship

Date: 01 17 1956
Description: The oath of citizenship is administered to a class of 31 in the Madison Federal Court. Edgar Alstad, clerk of court, administers the oath as Judge Patrick ...
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Richard D. Carleton, left, instructor from the Madison Vocational school, stands at a blackboard with two of his students, Frank Vanhontte, from Belgium, a...
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Old recollections

Date: 1885-11-29
County: Dane
City: Madison
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Conveniences in Madison were scarce in 1842, says wife of pioneer

Date: 1923-01-14
County: Dane
City: Madison
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Madison Turners

Date: 1863
Description: Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th...
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Golden Wedding Anniversary

Date: 03 10 1954
Description: Portrait of Rognald and Anna Larson noting their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married in the Vinje church in Voss, Norway in 1904 and came to Madis...
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A late chapter abouth the lost dauphin and a bit of romantic history of the green bay region

Date: 1918-08-04
County: Dane
City: Madison

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